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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Bermejo Blanco Rafael" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bermejoblancorafael@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 17:54:16 +0100
Subject: READ THIS..

>From the Personal desk of Bermejo Blanco Accounts Department BBVA Bank of Spain ( C/ Cipriano Sancho, 2 local, 28005 Madrid España)

Ref-in Respect of

With due respect please,I plead your pardon for this unsolicited mail and,it was out of desperation and curiosity that made me to contact you.

I am Bermejo Walton Blanco, and the personal accountant to Mr. John, a national of your country,who used to work with Capresa -Calibrados de Precision [CCDP] a Steel company here in SPAIN, herein referred as my customer.

On the 11th of March 2004 at about 0639 Gmt, my customer, his wife{Lady Juliet and their two children {Rose and Dan } were all killed in a ghastly Train Bomb blast along Atocha Train Center here in Madrid Spain,that got 191 people killed ,and 1,800 injured. You can view this page for more information. {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_11%2C_2004_Madrid_attacks}

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my customers,extended relatives which has proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any close name to his, hence I contacted you. I am contacting you to seek your prompt consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have similar last name.

This is to assit me in claiming Millions of Dollars which my late client left in his account with the (BBVA Bank of Spain) where the deceased had his account.

I am worried because the bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account liquidated within the next twenty one official working days.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Looking forward to your swift reply.

Truly yours,

Mr. Bermejo Blanco.
E-mail: bermejoblancorafael@gmail.com

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